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March 2008

In This Issue

Shadya

A Slim Peace

More Than 1000 Words

Hot House

Steal A Pencil For Me

Dear Mr. Waldman

8th Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival Supporters

Shadya

Sunday, March 30

1:00pm

Maurice Levin Theater

Director Roy Westler/ Israel/ 2005/ 52 minutes / Beta SP/ Hebrew, Arabic

with English subtitles

A spirited Israeli-Arab girl challenges the traditional Muslim lifestyle

planned for her by fighting to become a World Karate Champion. Shadya's

conflict as an " Israeli-Arab " and as an " Arab-Woman " emerges when she meets

the Palestinian karate team and marries at the peak of her career.

" SHADYA is a compassionate, painfully honest exploration of the evolution of

a young Israeli- Arab woman with feminist ideals in a male dominated culture

set against the backdrop of the Palestinian Israeli conflict " . - Ruth

Fremson, New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner

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A Slim Peace

Sunday, March 30

2:30pm

Maurice Levin Theater

Director: Yael Luttwak/United Kingdom/2007/60 minutes/Beta SP/

English/Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles

When Israelis, Palestinians, Bedouin, and American settlers are brought

together with the shared goal of losing weight, they learn they have far

more in common than they ever would have imagined. In this quirky, at times

sad, at times light-hearted documentary, the director explores the idea of

whether weight loss can trump politics. Filmed over a six-week period in

Jerusalem, A Slim Peace takes a revealing look at the universal struggle for

acceptance, understanding and personal transformation in a land of seemingly

intractable conflict.

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More Than 1000 Words

Sunday, March 30

4:00pm

Maurice Levin Theater

Director: Solo Avital/Germany/2006/77 minutes/Beta SP/

Hebrew,English,Arabic with English subtitles

Ziv Koren's photographs have become instantly recognizable icons that have

helped shape our perception of the conflict in the Middle East. Director

Solo Avital followed Ziv for two years as he shot scenes from the violent

heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- and juxtaposes them against

scenes of domestic tranquility from the photographer's family life. This

bold, dramatic documentary is about one man's struggle with history and the

place he finds for himself in it. Like Ziv, this movie seeks the universal

through the most personal.

" Slick, hard-hitting documentary. Each picture taken by photojournalist Ziv

Koren is assuredly worth ... More Than 1000 Words " - VARIETY.com

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Knowledge Is The Beginning

Sunday, April 6

1:00 pm

Maurice Levin Theater

Director: Smaczny/ Germany/2006/115 minutes/Hebrew, English with

English subtitles

This documentary tells the story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the

only orchestra in the world comprised of young Arab and Jewish musicians

performing side by side. Through seven years of documenting the musicians,

the director illustrates how problems and prejudices are overcome during

rehearsals, concerts and after-concert celebrations. Above all, it is a

search by its founder, Barenboim, for common ground between peoples

through great music.

International Emmy Award 2006 Arts Programming (2006), Award for the

Documentary of Highest Cultural Value, DOCFEST Palermo

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Hot House

Sunday, April 6

3:30pm

Maurice Levin Theater

Director: Shimon Dotan/Israel/2006/89 minutes/Hebrew, Arabic with English

subtitles

Almost 10,000 Palestinian " security prisoners, " are incarcerated in Israel

today. In this extraordinary documentary, we enter the country's highest

security facilities to meet some of these prisoners that Israeli consider

terrorists and Palestinians consider freedom fighters. The bloodcurdling

confessions of these unrepentant, and often smiling, prisoners expose the

moral disconnect required for them to have committed their heinous acts of

terror. Yet, Hot House reveals Israeli prisons as incubators for political

education, virtual universities for Palestinian nationalism that shape the

prisoners' ideology, strengthen their political convictions, and enable the

development of future Palestinian leaders. A terrifying but necessary movie

for anyone who cares about Israel's future.

Winner, 2007 Jury Prize World Cinema Documentary Sundance Film Festival

" Chilling ... Insightful ... A disquieting portrait of a community that,

despite or even because of its shackles, remains fervently committed to its

cause. " - Variety

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Festival Sponsors

Director

Cinematographer

Screenwriter

In Kind Goods

Life After The Shoah

Steal A Pencil For Me

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

7:30pm

JCC MetroWest

Director: Michele Ohayon/United States/ 2007/94 minutes/Beta SP/English

A compelling documentary about the ability of humankind to rise above

unimaginable suffering, Steal a Pencil for Me is about a love affair that

began illicitly in pre-war Netherlands and continued through two

concentration camps and liberation. Along the way, Jack divorced his wife

and married his lover, Ina. Today, married more than 60 years, they have a

rich life for themselves in America. Through letters exchanged during the

war and personal recollections, the Polaks offer their unlikely, but truly

heartwarming, story for all to hear.

Special Guests: Ina and Jack Polak

Yad Vashem Award, 2007 Jerusalem Film Festival

" Michèle Ohayon's striking documentary tells this most unusual love story

with grace and compassion ... Irrepressibly moving " - The Los Angeles Times

" Not even Hollywood could invent a romance more extraordinary than this

one. " - The New York Daily News

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Life After The Shoah

Dear Mr. Waldman

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

7:30pm

JCC MetroWest

Director: Hanan Peled/Israel/2006/90 minutes/Beta SP/Hebrew with English

subtitles

It is the early 1960s in Tel Aviv and ten-year-old Hilik already knows his

life's goal- to make his parents happy and compensate for the grief they

both suffered in the Holocaust. The fragile equilibrium of the family's new

life in Israel begins to waver when his father convinces himself that his

son from his first marriage didn't actually die in Auschwitz, but

miraculously escaped to America. In this coming-of-age feature film, Dear

Mr. Waldman beautifully captures the milieu of mid-century Tel Aviv and of

the peculiarities of growing up amid the emotional wreckage of the Holocaust

Nominated for 3 Ophir Awards, 2006

" Well-written and superbly acted, Dear Mr. Waldman treads ground that will

be familiar to anyone " Jerusalem Post

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Tickets

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1-800-494-TIXS

Ticket Prices

· $15 for General Public

· $12 for JCC Members/Co-Sponsors/Seniors

· $8 for Students (with proper I.D.)

Group Sales

· $10 per person (groups of 15 or more), for general screenings only. No

group rates available for Opening and Closing Nights. Call Caroline Murray

at 973-530-3444.

Pre-Festival Events/Opening and Closing

Night Receptions

· $20 for General Public

· $15 for JCC Members/Co-Sponsors/Seniors

· $12 for Students (with proper I.D.)

Series Passes

Choose any three films except Opening and Closing Night Screenings. Passes

may be purchased by contacting the JCC Box Office at 973-530-3444.

· $39 for General Public

· $30 for JCC Members/Co-Sponsors/Seniors

· $18 for Students (with proper I.D.)

VIP Passes

· $225 - Includes one VIP Pass and an invitation to the Opening Night

Dessert Reception and Closing Night Dinner and Dessert Receptions.

· VIPs receive priority seating up to 15 minutes prior to screening.

Sponsorship

For sponsorship, advertising and VIP information, please contact

Sorkin at 973-530-3473 or hsorkin@...

Please visit us at www.njjff.org.

Venues

Maurice Levin Theater

Leon & Toby man JCC

Ross Family Campus

760 Northfield Ave., West Orange

Free parking on site.

Clearview Cinemas

*New Location - Headquarters 10

72 Speedwell Avenue

town, NJ

973-292-0606

Parking available in multi-level parking garage.

Ticket should be validated in theater lobby.

Cinema 10 Theater

21 Sunset Strip

Succasunna, NJ

973-584-9508

Free parking on site.

Cinema 12

3165 Route 46 East

Parsippany, NJ

973-335-7466

Free parking on site.

Caldwell Theater

317 Bloomfield Avenue

Caldwell, NJ

973-226-9002

Parking available on local streets.

*New Location - South Orange

One SOPAC Way

South Orange, NJ

973-761-0256

Parking available on local streets.

The Maplewood Cinema

155 Maplewood Avenue

Maplewood, NJ

973-763-7040

Parking available at outdoor lot

across the street and at the

Woman's Club of Maplewood.

60 Woodland Road · Maplewood, NJ

Look Who's Supporting

the NJJFF

Adath Shalom, Plains

Congregation Agudath Israel, West Caldwell

Beth Ahm Yisrael, Springfield

Temple B'nai Abraham High School, Livingston

Temple B'nai Abraham, Primetime Group, Livingston

B'nai Brith Youth Organization

B'nai Israel, Millburn

Temple B'nai Jeshurun, Short Hills

Bnai Keshet, Montclair

B'nai Shalom, West Orange

Congregation Beth El, South Orange

Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston

Temple Emanu-El, Livingston

Temple Hatikvah, Flanders

Congregation Beth Hatikvah, Summit

Temple B'nai Or, town

Congregation Beth Torah, Florham Park

Friendship Circle

Hadassah

Hebrew Academy of County

JESPY

JKHA ph Kushner Hebrew Academy

Jewish Family Services

Jewish Reconstructionist Federation of Metropolitan NY/NJ

Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled

Jewish Vocational Service

Legow Israel Program Center

County Connection

Mount Freedom Jewish Center, Randolph

National Council of Jewish Women

Sisterhood and Men's Club of town Jewish Center Beit Yisrael

Oheb Shalom, Miriam Sisterhood, South Orange

Pine Brook Jewish Center, Montville

RKYHS Ray Kushner Yeshiva High School

Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange

Sharon and Seiden Early Childhood Center

Shomrei Emunah, Montclair

Special Needs Services, JCC

Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center, Livingston

Temple Beth Am, Parsippany

Temple Shalom, Succasunna

Temple Shalom of West Essex, Cedar Grove

The Holocaust Council of MetroWest

The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life

United Synagogue Youth

White Meadow Temple, Rockaway

Gaelen Center for the Arts

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